472
hid ex.
Christian influence on Brahmanism, 4
Christmas, animals carried in proces- sion, 257-8 ; carp eaten, Schleswig- Holstein, 259 ; mummers, 262 ; owl and squirrel hunted, Suffolk, 251 ; sacrifices, 262
Chudleigh, children stolen by pixies, 213
Church, alphabet used in consecra- ting, 105 ; porch, wraiths of those about to die seen from, Wiltshire,
345
Churchyard, Sunday ball play in, Bedd Gelert, 424
Cinders, red-hot, to heat bath of new- born child, Lancashire, 106
Clever Princess, The, Greek folktale, 336-9
Clod of earth, child-stealing spirit changes into, 146
Cock, black, buried as cure for epi- lepsy, Hebrides, 446 ; dies with owner, Switzerland, 237 ; eaten ceremonially, 258, 260 ; hunted locally, 250 ; respected in S. Eng- land, 242 ; sacrificed as cure. Con- tin (Ross), 446 ; sacrificed to Woden, 85 ; struck blindfold at and otherwise sacrificed, 251-4
Cockchafer, carried in procession, 258 ; head of first seen bitten off, Pomerania, 254 ; respected locally, 239 ; said to be eaten locally, 259
Cockroach, respected locally, 240
Coco-nuts, as rain charm, Ceylon, 19 ; planting customs and beliefs, Malay, 306
Coffee, omens from, Cairo, 381
Cold, how men and women feel, Cairene saying, 381
Coleshill, hare hunted, Easter, 250
Colic in animals, cured by left-handed rope, Hebrides, 447-8
Colombo, bull-roarer used in proces- sion, 456
Colours : {see also Black ; Blue ; and White) ; sacred, 28-37
Combats, ceremonial, 18-21, 306,
393 ^ Congres des Traditions Populaires,
Exposition Universelle (Paris) de
1900, 125-6, 427-33 Conneely a seal clan, 232 Connemara, cuckoo respected, 240 ;
Deeney's Feasant Lore from Gaelic
Ireland reviewed, 317
Consecrating church, alphabet used
in, 105 Consecrating sacred stones, use of oil
in, 198 Contes Populaires de la Basse Nor- tiiandie, by V. Brunet, reviewed, 426 Contin (Ross), cock sacrificed to cure
patient, 446 Copts satirised in Cairene tales, 356-7 Cormorant, respected at Rerrick,
240 Corn-spirits, animal, 257-8 ; "reaping maiden," Hebrides, 441; "rice soul," Malays, 306 Cornwall : [see also Towednack) ; blackbird pie on Twelfth Day, 259 ; first butterfly seen killed, 254; mice foretell death, 345 ; spider respected, 241 Corpses, dread of, Wiltshire, 346 : head laid between legs, 413 ; removed from house, Wiltshire, 346 Correspondence, 105-6, 209-10,
318-24, 427-38 Cos, island of, snake's horn as charm,
321 Costume, papers on at Paris Congress
of Folklore, 429 Council of Nicaea, in Slavonic charm,
142 Cottiiiy Folk-Lore, collections for,
47-8 Couvade, among Malays, 307 Cow : (see also Cattle) ; in Cairene folktale, 371-2 ; carried in proces- sion, 258 ; cure for snake bite, Cyprus, 122, Cos, 321 ; dies with owner, 237 ; ear cut to ensure con- ception, Mecklenburg, 457 ; fire carried sunwise round, if found dead, island of Lewis, 447 Cow-flop or foxglove in medicine,
Devon, 216-7 Cowhouse, protected from witchcraft
by hanging up crow, Linda, 255 Coyote, "transformer" in mythology of Thompson Indians, British Columbia, 397-8 Craigie, W. A., A Fairy Dog's Tooth, 450-2 ; review by, of Sephton's Saga of King Sverri of Norway, 193-6 Crane, crest of clan in N.W Canada, 61-2 ; demon, slain by Krishna, 13 ; white, on totem post of Bella Coola Indians, 301